Colonel Francis Luttrell (1659-1690)
manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1680
Materials
Oil on canvas (oval)
Measurements
920 x 830 x 85 mm
Order this imageCollection
Dunster Castle, Somerset
NT 726075
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (oval), Colonel Francis Luttrell (1659-1690) manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723). An oval portrait, half-length, slightly right, wearing armour, lace cravat and full-bottomed wig.
Provenance
In Dunster Castle 1781 inventory, p. 19, as possibly, 'Two three quarter length (portraits) of Old Colonel Luttrell and his Lady Tregonwell in oval gilt frames 10/- in Little room inside Withdrawing Room'. In 1910 inventory as in Dining Room; previously on loan, 1975; gift of Lt-Col Geoffrey Walter Fownes Luttrell (1919 – 2007) to the National Trust in 1981
Makers and roles
manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist
References
Lyte 1909 Sir H. C. Maxwell Lyte, History of Dunster, and of the families of Mohun & Luttrell. London 1909, p. 206